In a political arena dominated by White, mostly straight men, Davids – a former Mixed Martial Arts fighter – is aiming high. Sharice Davids, who won the Democratic nomination for a House seat in Kansas on Tuesday, is poised to become one of the first Native American women in the U.S. Congress and the first […]
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Native Americans
Indian Country Remembers the Trauma of Children Taken from Their Parents
This is not the first administration to order the forced separation of families
Is Trump’s threat to sacred Bears Ears like Taliban blowing up Buddhas?
George Nicholas | (The Conversation) | – – For many archaeologists, one of the darkest moments in memory was the destruction of the fourth and fifth-century Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban in 2001. That tragedy was later eclipsed by ISIS’s destruction of Baghdad museum artifacts, Palmyra temples and other structures elsewhere. mypubliclands / Creative Commons […]
Navajo Nation to Sue Trump over Shrinking Bears Ears Monument
TeleSur | – – The Navajo Nation has vowed to sue U.S. President Donald Trump over his decision to shrink Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent. Hundreds of people – including native tribe, the Navajo, and others – along with environmentalists gathered in Washington to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s damning decision to […]
Trump meets Native Vets, uses ‘Pocahantas’ as Insult
TeleSur | – – “(Trump should) stop using our historical people of significance as a racial slur against one of his opponents,” a Native American advocate said. President Donald Trump has provoked the ire of Native Americans once again by using a meeting meant to honor Native World War Two veterans as an occasion to […]
Trump Visa Denials target same countries Bush vowed to Overthrow
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s shameful halt to the admission of refugees for 6 months and his 3-month pause in allowing entry to the US from seven countries is being advertised as driven by security concerns. The countries targeted are Syria, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Libya, Sudan, and Yemen. What is […]
Trump Signs Executive Orders Pushing Dakota, Keystone Pipelines
TeleSur | – – The decision comes as a blow to environmentalists and Indigenous groups opposing the controversial projects. U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to revive the controversial Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. Trump’s signature has left Indigenous groups and environmentalists fuming but determined to carry on their struggle against the […]
Trump won b/c we Let ourselves be Divided & Conquered: Standing Rock was the Opposite
By David Korten | Yes! Magazine ) | – – We’ve been pitted against each other for too long. Now is the time to come together to fix our corrupt political systems. The heroic work of the Standing Rock water protectors represents a defining moment in the long struggle against the institutions of empire and […]
N. Dakota Judge Laughs Riot Charges against Amy Goodman out of Court
TeleSur | – – A state prosecutor had sought to charge Goodman with participating in a “riot” for filming an attack on protesters. A North Dakota judge has dismissed the “riot” charges against Amy Goodman for covering the Dakota Access pipeline protests, Democracy Now! confirmed Monday. “This is a complete vindication of my right as […]
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